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By Sangeetha from Cronica Media

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This is a kids and family podcast - where parents and children can listen together. In each episode, a child from anywhere in the world chats with the host (Sangeetha from India). They discuss recent science discoveries, changing technologies, curious facts about animals and birds, how football, cricket and sports are evolving, what's up with global warming and even why countries fight wars. In each episode, they discuss one current event and unearth trivia & riddles about science, sports or even business. Snappy, witty and engaging.


Episode Date
S2 E81: Paris Olympics 2024 (part 1): There's something exciting awaiting the athletes
May 13, 2024
S2 E80: Book review of 'Black Beauty' by Anna Sewell
May 10, 2024
S2 E79: How an art detective traced stolen artifacts from Nepal
May 03, 2024
S2 E78: Countries & Conflicts - why is the UK sending away refugees who are fleeing from wars
Apr 29, 2024
S2 E77: Why are people in Finland the happiest in the world
Apr 19, 2024
S2 E76: Who are 'Save and Rescue' dogs? How did a rescue dog 'Roger' help during the most recent earthquake in Taiwan
Apr 15, 2024
S2 E75: Ideas of school kids that won India's National Innovation Awards
Apr 11, 2024
S2 E74: How Bengaluru was formed and why the city has a water crisis
Apr 09, 2024
S2 E73: Who is the secret agent in UK cleaning sheds every night
Apr 04, 2024
S2 E72: What is the special certification received by a tiger reserve in India?
Apr 01, 2024
S2 E71: Book review of 'Wonder' - children discuss why bullies emerge in schools and why they liked the author's style of writing
Mar 29, 2024
S2 E70: How do people sail solo in a race to circumnavigate the globe (as part of the Golden Globe Race)
Mar 25, 2024
S2 E69: Who were the 'Original Nine' that helped change the tide in women's tennis
Mar 19, 2024
S2 E68: Can man-made stuff outweigh living creatures?
Mar 12, 2024
S2 E67: Select stories - How someone set a record for 104 marathons
Mar 08, 2024
S2 E66: 20 Questions: Which artifact related to football (soccer) will soon be going up for auction
Mar 04, 2024
S2 E65: 20 Questions: Typing vs Writing - is there a difference in how the brain behaves
Feb 26, 2024
S2 E64: Science - Why is the sea blue? A question that led to a Nobel Prize!
Feb 23, 2024
S2 E63: 20 Questions Game: Who was the spy caught by India and later released?
Feb 19, 2024
S2 E62: Sports: Rohan Bopanna world's oldest No. 1 in Men's doubles; Sinner youngest ever to win an Australian open
Feb 15, 2024
S2 E61: The Great Backyard Bird Count (part 2) - about birds wandering off track, bird superpowers and a world without birds
Feb 12, 2024
S2 E60: The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is here! (part 1)
Feb 08, 2024
S2 E59: 20 questions Game: Dogs in an Italian town are getting their DNA tested - Why?
Feb 04, 2024
S2 E58: 20 questions Game: School attendance is falling - what trick one Ohio district wants to do
Feb 01, 2024
S2 E57: Who designed India's tricolour flag?
Jan 29, 2024
S2 E56: India's tricolour flag (part 1) - How different was India's flag? Stories behind how it changed
Jan 24, 2024
S2 E55: Space news - Peregrine lander may fail and how this affects NASA's Mission Artemis
Jan 22, 2024
S2 E54: A fishing town in Iceland tried saving itself from a volcano
Jan 19, 2024
S2 E53: Science discovery - Women used to hunt in ancient times and men also spent time gathering fruits and leaves
Jan 15, 2024
S2 E52: Panda bears are flying back to China - what does this mean for 'panda diplomacy'
Jan 12, 2024
S2 E51: Solving GCHQ Christmas Challenge - a puzzle for spies who love to break secret codes
Jan 08, 2024
S2 E50: People of the Year (2023) - Zandile - the first South African Black to embrace oceans as a freediving instructor
Dec 22, 2023
S2 E49: People of the Year 2023 - Sheetal Devi - the armless archer who defied all odds
Dec 21, 2023
S2 E48: What was exciting, boring, interesting and saddening across countries, in 2023
Dec 18, 2023
S2 E47: The story of the young black gymnast who stood up against racism and Gymnastics Ireland
Dec 15, 2023
S2 E46: Space, science and tech - highlights of 2023 - much ado about humpback whales, VR goggles bringing smiles and spacecrafts taking off
Dec 11, 2023
S2 E45: Quiz on Thea Stilton and Geronimo Stilton and 3 book recommendations for young readers
Dec 08, 2023
S2 E44: Happy kidpod - How 41 workers trapped inside a tunnel were rescued
Dec 04, 2023
S2 E43: Why Saudi Arabia wants to host FIFA World Cups
Nov 30, 2023
S2 E42: Kenya declares national holiday just to plant trees
Nov 27, 2023
Wildlife Series: Part 9 - Rhinos saved by foresters and a villager called Jadav Payeng who turned a barren island into a forest
Nov 24, 2023
S2 E40: Quiz on Virat "King" Kohli & his record
Nov 20, 2023
Wildlife Series: Part 8: The elephants that swam across oceans - stories of Indian elephants
Nov 17, 2023
Wildlife Series: Part 7 - The shocking story of vultures disappearing from our skies
Nov 13, 2023
Wildlife series: Part 6 - The fascinating lives of pugees (trackers) who count and save our lions
Nov 09, 2023
Wildlife series: Part 5 - The Maharaja (king) who saved the Asiatic Lions from going extinct
Nov 09, 2023
Wildlife series: Part 4 - How tigers and villagers co-exist in forests, as part of Project Tiger
Nov 06, 2023
Wildlife Series: Part 3 - The astounding story of a tigress who was adopted by an forest officer
Nov 06, 2023
Wildlife Series: Part 2 - The men who saved the wildlife and forests of India
Nov 02, 2023
Wildlife series: Part 1 - History of Hunting in British India
Oct 27, 2023
S2 E31: How a group of school children and teachers stuck between mountains in Pakistan were rescued
Oct 26, 2023
S2 E30: The origin of the Israel Palestine conflict and the backstories to this region
Oct 13, 2023
S2 E29: Science & Inventions: What connects a cow, a virus and the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2023
Oct 09, 2023
S2 E28: The stories behind how South India got its beloved food 'idli'
Oct 07, 2023
S2 E27: The true story of a dog that saved the lives of three children
Sep 29, 2023
S2 E26: Select shorts - NASA's mission from an asteroid lands on earth: Osiris-Rex Mission brings back Bennu dust)
Sep 26, 2023
S2 E25: Select shorts - Sharks swimming in a volcano near Australia
Sep 22, 2023
S2 E24: Fat Bear Week - a contest in Alaska - why is everyone so fond of this?
Sep 18, 2023
S2 E23: A new English accent emerges in a whole continent - why, how, where?
Sep 14, 2023
S2 E22: The fascinating story of the origins and wins of a chess prodigy - Pragnananndha
Sep 11, 2023
S2 E21: What we can learn from Neeraj Chopra's story and his recent win at the World Athletics Championship
Sep 04, 2023
Part 8: India's Space Journey - The first interstellar rockets to the Moon and the Mars
Sep 01, 2023
Part 7 - India's space journey: What happens when a rocket takes off? How do satellites reach their orbits?
Aug 28, 2023
Part 6: India's space journey - Dr.Abdul Kalam and how rockets took off from Sriharikota
Aug 25, 2023
Part 5: India's space journey - how India got to see PT Usha, the Ramayan and Jungle Book
Aug 18, 2023
Part 4: India's space journey - a story of a satellite, a few villages and one of India's blockbuster TV shows
Aug 18, 2023
Part 3: India's space journey - making our own satellite, but just a little heavier please
Aug 10, 2023
Part 2: India's space journey - hiking through forests in search of a launch pad
Aug 07, 2023
Part 1: India's space journey - from bicycle to rocket
Aug 04, 2023
S2 E12: Quiz of quirkiness - 3 questions posed by a 12-year old, about space, eggs and more
Aug 02, 2023
S2 E11: Happy KidPod - Happy news stories from around the world
Jul 27, 2023
S2 E10: Project Tiger - India's success story
Jul 20, 2023
S2 E9: Cyber-bullying and what can you do to protect your child (part 2)
Jul 18, 2023
S2 E8: Bullying - how can children independently deal with bullies in schools (part 1)
Jul 17, 2023
S2 E7: Why are killer whales biting rudders of ships
Jul 13, 2023
S2 E6: Video Game review: Roblox - the nuts and bolts of the game & what parents need to look out for
Jul 09, 2023
S2 E5: Space: A rocket from the asteroid Bennu carries secrets from the universe
Jul 06, 2023
S2 E4: Wildlife: What is the Island Effect?
Jun 24, 2023
S2 E3: Movie review: The Emoji movie - by a 10-year old
Jun 22, 2023
S2 E2: Science: Why are solar panels floating on rivers?
Jun 18, 2023
S2 E1: Harry Potter to feature in coins in the UK
Jun 17, 2023
Epi 120: From the diary of an alien - how 3D printers print cheescakes for children
May 22, 2023
Epi 119: ChatGPT and Google - how do they differ? Is ChatGPT going to take over the world?
May 18, 2023
Epi 118: India won its first ever Men's Doubles Gold at Badminton Asia in 2023
May 11, 2023
Epi 117: Why Pepsi changed its logo (part 2)
May 11, 2023
Epi 116: Why Pepsi changed its logo (part 1)
May 08, 2023
Epi 115: Re-shark - why baby sharks are being grown in shark schools and released into the wild
May 04, 2023
Epi 114: Why satellites from OneWeb will help us access youtube videos from ships, planes and thick forests
May 01, 2023
Epi 113: AI art - how do intelligent laptops draw, paint and colour on their own?
Apr 24, 2023
Epi 112: How can we make passwords safer?
Apr 21, 2023
Epi 111: Why children and families are moving to smaller towns in Japan, away from big cities
Apr 17, 2023
Epi 110: How to write a story? Tricks and tips for kids to get started
Apr 14, 2023
Epi 109: 100 years of Disney (part 3) - how does a Disney animator bring characters to life
Apr 09, 2023
Epi 108: 100 years of Disney (part 2) - stories about recent Disney characters and movies
Apr 06, 2023
Epi 107: Hundred years of Disney (Part 1) - stories of Walt Disney and a chat with an illustrator
Apr 02, 2023
Epi 106: What's common between Lenovo's laptops, food delivery packets and pencils
Mar 30, 2023
Epi 105: Young Avengers - who might be the next in Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Mar 26, 2023
Epi 104: How signing a High Seas Treaty will protect octopuses, coral reefs and more
Mar 23, 2023
Epi 103: NASA appoints its first ever Woman 'Head of Science'
Mar 20, 2023
Epi 102: Islands without vehicles & wheels - what life would be like
Mar 16, 2023
Epi 101: How bacteria can help us make new smartphones and laptops
Mar 12, 2023
Epi 100: Behind the scenes - making of the 'What's new today' podcast
Mar 09, 2023
Epi 99: Adventure Book series recommended for young readers by a tween
Mar 05, 2023
Epi 98: How AI cameras help save elephants and lions - a World Wildlife Day Trivia special
Mar 01, 2023
Epi 97: Why are the canals of Venice running dry and how boats are stuck in the mud
Feb 27, 2023
Epi 96: Losar festival - Where Tibetans meet their New Year
Feb 23, 2023
Epi 95: Video game review of FIFA from EA sports (part 2)
Feb 20, 2023
Epi 94: Video game review of FIFA from EA sports (part 1)
Feb 17, 2023
Epi 93: Remarkable stories from Radio Land on World Radio Day
Feb 13, 2023
Epi 92: The inspiring story of women taking command positions in the Indian army
Feb 10, 2023
Epi 91: The story of the flashing green comet that's come back to visit us after 50,000 years
Feb 05, 2023
Epi 90: How to be a part of the Great Backyard Bird Count (part 2)
Feb 02, 2023
Epi 89: What is the Great Backyard Bird Count (part 1)
Jan 30, 2023
Epi 88: How robots are crawling through underground pipes and helping the world conserve water
Jan 26, 2023
Epi 87: ChatGPT: where you combine coding and learning with a dose of fun
Jan 20, 2023
Epi 86: Why the Dead Sea is really dying?
Jan 12, 2023
Epi 85: 8 billion people - is Earth overflowing?
Jan 09, 2023
Epi 84: Tiger sharks carrying cameras on their back - whoever heard of such a thing
Jan 05, 2023
Sports wrap 2022: FIFA world cup, T20 world cup and Tennis GOATs
Dec 24, 2022
Space exploration in 2022: All that's colourful from James Webb telescope, Mission DART crashing into an asteroid and why the ISS may be losing a member
Dec 22, 2022
Robotics in 2022 - VR goggles, video-game characters, cyborg cockroaches and electric autos
Dec 18, 2022
Movies, music, books, toys - 2022 brought new dinosaurs, BTS hiatus, Indian winning international booker and new Barbies
Dec 16, 2022
Wildlife in 2022 - All about cheetahs, sharks, tasmanian tigers, gorillas, King Kong and woolly mammoths
Dec 12, 2022
Climate Change in 2022 - Quick wrap of the floods, the pollution and how cities around the world are coping with it
Dec 08, 2022
Geopolitics in 2022: funniest and most interesting stuff from countries around the world!
Dec 05, 2022
Epi 83: How a high-schooler created a universe on the video game Minecraft
Dec 01, 2022
Epi 82: How a video game Pong pits itself against an artificial brain
Nov 27, 2022
Epi 81: Adventures of Elon Musk in Twitter land
Nov 24, 2022
Epi 80: Climate Change - Are the rich finally going to help the rest of the world this COP27?
Nov 21, 2022
Epi 79: Space: How space-tech and satellites work during the Ukraine-Russia war
Nov 17, 2022
Epi 78: Environment - How beautiful underwater sculptures near Italy are protecting life under water
Nov 14, 2022
Epi 77: Global perspectives - why Taiwan is at the centre of a tug of war between China and US
Nov 10, 2022
Epi 76: How NASA sent a spacecraft to crash into an asteroid
Nov 06, 2022
Epi 75: Robotics: Real dolphins - please return to the oceans. Animatronic dolphins will dance and swim in water parks
Nov 04, 2022
Epi 74: Nobel Prize (part 2) - How Lego blocks' style clicks can be used to cure diseases and more...
Nov 02, 2022
Epi 73: Robotics - A robotic fish that can eat plastics and clean our oceans
Oct 30, 2022
Epi 72: Sports - Tennis stars Federer and Serena Williams take a bow
Oct 27, 2022
Epi 71: Wildlife - Why lobsters, horses, pigs and octopuses feel more emotion than we think
Oct 20, 2022
Epi 70: Why lights on Eiffel tower and skyscrapers in Europe will be turned off this winter
Oct 16, 2022
Epi 69: Nobel prizes 2022 (Part 1): What's brewing in physics, medicine and peace?
Oct 14, 2022
Epi 68: Entertainment - Why toys that look like astronauts and scientists help kids dream differently
Oct 10, 2022
Epi 67 - Wildlife: How Hero Rats and Cyborg cockroaches can save human lives!
Oct 06, 2022
Select short pieces from episodes where our co-hosts had us at our wits end
Oct 03, 2022
Epi 66: Climate change - The Third Pole near Pakistan that flooded the country
Sep 29, 2022
Curious questions about moon, Ukraine, virtual reality and books
Sep 26, 2022
Epi 65: Books -The father of science fiction and how he shaped modern Marvel and Geronimo Stilton works
Sep 23, 2022
Epi 64: Space - Are we really going to the moon on the 'Artemis' missions?
Sep 19, 2022
Epi 63: Global perspectives - What does Queen Elizabeth II passing away mean for you and me
Sep 15, 2022
Epi 62: Science - How an extinct Tasmanian tiger is being brought back to life
Sep 11, 2022
Epi 61: Science news - Why humans speak and gorillas shriek
Sep 08, 2022
Epi 60: Space news - Celebrating 10 years of Curiosity Rover on Planet Mars
Sep 05, 2022
Climate alert: A Great Green Wall springs out of a desert
Sep 02, 2022
Epi 59: Countries & global news - Why migrants get free medicines
Aug 29, 2022
Epi 58: Climate news - How coral reefs are being brought back to good health
Aug 25, 2022
Epi 57: Sports news - Paralympics gaining greater glory than sports for people with 2 legs
Aug 21, 2022
Epi 56: Why ships from Ukraine going through Black Sea will solve food shortages
Aug 19, 2022
Epi 55: Wildlife news - How extinct cheetahs are being brought back to India
Aug 15, 2022
Epi 54: Wildlife news - Why the whale shark is the world's biggest omnivore
Aug 11, 2022
Epi 53: Space news - Why the earth spun super fast and we had the shortest day in 60 years
Aug 08, 2022
Epi 52: Sports and Northeast - How India's Northeast has developed a culture of sportmanship
Aug 05, 2022
Epi 51: Space news - How the International Space Station works and why Russia wants to break away
Aug 01, 2022
Epi 50: Climate news - How cities, smart or not, might look like in future
Jul 29, 2022
Epi 49: Tech news - How 'VR googles' can help you be a part of a live video game
Jul 25, 2022
Episode 48: Cars and climate: Super-fast electric cars to help autos make the air cleaner
Jul 22, 2022
Episode 47: Three go on an adventure in a car trip in the Mongol Rally
Jul 18, 2022
Episode 46: The story of the ruler who has Gota Go from his throne
Jul 15, 2022
Episode 45: Why superheroes at Marvel, DC and other comics are getting more diverse
Jul 11, 2022
Episode 44: How your car will soon get a fitness and medical certificate
Jul 08, 2022
Episode 43: Can a giant gorilla like King Kong or Mei from Turning Red exist in the real world?
Jul 03, 2022
Episode 42: Why people love to visit Japan and what you can do there during your vacation
Jun 30, 2022
Episode 41: Why fishes and corals in the Red Sea are afraid of a ship
Jun 28, 2022
Episode 40: Why the country Turkey changed its name
Jun 23, 2022
Episode 39: How dinosaurs in the new Jurassic world movie are different
Jun 19, 2022
Episode 38: How video-game experiences are getting better
Jun 15, 2022
Epi 37: Global perspectives - Queen Elizabeth celebrates platinum jubilee of her monarchy
Jun 12, 2022
Episode 36: The curious case of sharks near a volcano
Jun 09, 2022
Episode 35: A 16-yr old Indian grandmaster wins against World No. 1
Jun 07, 2022
Episode 34: Our environment - a giant goblet of fire
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 33: All play and more pay for women soccer players
Jun 02, 2022
Episode 32: Hurrah! Indian author wins first ever International Booker!
May 31, 2022
Episode 31: Science: How astronomers took photos of the black hole Sagittarius A*
May 28, 2022
Episode 30: Eurovision and the Multiverse of Music
May 25, 2022
Episode 29: What is Europe doing about the war in Ukraine
May 24, 2022
Episode 28: Science - how woolly mammoths and giant kangaroos went extinct thanks to smaller brains
May 23, 2022
Episode 27: Wonders of a floating city - nope not Venice - it's near Busan
May 17, 2022
Episode 26: How Jacky ran 104 marathons in 104 days to set a new world record
May 16, 2022
Episode 25: The French got a new leader and how they went about it in order!
May 15, 2022
Episode 24: Science: The wonders of the James Webb telescope (Part 2)
May 06, 2022
Episode 23: Science: The wonders of the James Webb telescope (Part 1)
May 05, 2022
Episode 22: Flash! Time out! Not enough power for ACs this summer
May 02, 2022
Episode 21: Really! Our phones and laptops have gold and platinum in them?
Apr 28, 2022
Episode 20: Wow! Something floating in space will soon replace our wi-fi routers
Apr 25, 2022
Episode 19: Why quiet time in Yemen such a big deal?
Apr 24, 2022
Episode 18: Wheat and Lemon - why are their prices hard to reckon
Apr 22, 2022
Episode 17: Science: How can better rules protect marine life?
Apr 20, 2022
Episode 16: Why do workers in Amazon want to join 'unions'?
Apr 19, 2022
Episode 15: What are these wonder jars doing in Assam?
Apr 15, 2022
Episode 14: Gee - why are Russians welcome in Turkey ?
Apr 15, 2022
Episode 13: Science for kids - why do we eat micro-plastics?
Apr 11, 2022
Episode 12: Why Sri Lankans are unable to get enough fuel and food
Apr 10, 2022
Episode 11: How are drones helping Ukraine fight its war
Apr 02, 2022
Episode 10: How pig sounds help us understand animals better
Apr 01, 2022
Episode 9: Why is inflation here to stay?
Dec 22, 2021
Episode 8: Why are we sending people to the moon
Dec 20, 2021
Episode 7: Why is Ukraine important for Russia ?
Dec 20, 2021
Episode 6: What China's warplanes flying over Taiwan means
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 5: Nobel Prize for Physiology 2021 - decoded for kids
Oct 07, 2021
Episode 4: Why Christmas might have fewer gifts, Dinosaurs were once cat-sized
Oct 05, 2021
Episode 3: Internet satellites and light pollution
Oct 04, 2021
Episode 2: Haitian refugee crisis, Prehistoric Australian eagle discovered
Oct 03, 2021
Episode 1: Truck driver shortage in UK, NASA's LANDSAT 9 goes into orbit
Sep 30, 2021
China faces power cuts, synthetic trees inventions can improve access to drinking water
Sep 29, 2021
Google turns 23, Germany election results
Sep 28, 2021
Jeff Bezos pledge to biodiversity, Active pups have better mental health
Sep 27, 2021
Netflix buys rights to Roald Dahl, Evergrande may fail, home team advantages
Sep 23, 2021
India resumes vaccine exports, Autumn equinox, Guiness record of oldest twins
Sep 22, 2021
Rising gas prices in Europe, China kids limit for videos, Ptesaur kids could fly
Sep 22, 2021
Afghan schools for boys, Australia buys submarines, birds learn from inside their eggs
Sep 21, 2021
Introducing 'What's new today'
Sep 20, 2021